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  • askariwa 449 days ago | parent | on: The Modern Unfriendliness of 8-bit Keyboard Layout...
    My first 8 bit computer was an Amstrad CPC 464 and that one had a _nearly_ modern keyboard ;-) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amstrad_CPC464_keyboard.j...
    • zxm 447 days ago
      amstrad made great 8 bit computers that were just a little too late to the party. bbc, c64 and zx spectrum dominated at that point. when amstrad bought sinclair and began making spectrums the keyboards got a lot better.

      they also had their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_PCW line which were z80 based 8bit business computers. a last gasp of cpm that sold for a fraction of the cost of ibm compatibles. they turned up all the time when i was starting out in the 80s.

    • bmonkey325 449 days ago
      Not bad. That arrow key arrangement tho. TBH Any of these could have won out, but the ubiquity of the IBM PC Model M layout simply became the layout by which all others are judged. And through that, familiarity breeds contempt.
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